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    New well (9 mo. old) stopped producing water

    Hello, I just had a new well drilled in January because my old well was producing massive amounts of debris over a very long period of time. The new well was producing 7 gpm when it was drilled. Just the other day I noticed my spin down filter had a lot of debris in it (looks like rust). I...
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    Add iron out/rust out to Neutralizer?

    I haven't seen this addressed and I did search. I have an acid neutralizer. After I installed it I was amazed by how it reduced the red staining in the toilets and fixtures to almost non-existent. It's been a few months now and the staining is back almost to where it was. I see that people add...
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    Gary's softener sizing chart question

    On the softener sizing chart it instructs you to measure the flow from a tub and tells you how to do that. From there it tells you to call him to get the SFR gpm you need. What is the rest of the formula? I followed his test and came up with ~6.5 gpm from the tub. I have 2 bathrooms and one...
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    Water treatment advice

    I am looking for some advice. I recently had a new well drilled and the old one plugged. The results of the water test are: Turbidity = 2.6 NTU PH = 5.9 Std. units Iron = 0.38 mg/L Manganese = 0.078 mg/L Sodium 5.5 mg/L Iron + Manganese 0.46 mg/L Hardness 45 mg/L Lead .0021...
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    Old well contaminating new well?

    I just had a new well drilled because of ongoing problems with my old well. My new well is only 35’ from my old well. I noticed that the water level in my old well dropped considerably after the new well was drilled. I am worried that the new well is just getting its water from the old well...
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